Caverns of Sonora

This place is awesome!! D, our guide, was fun and knowledgeable. One of the BEST stops we made over the course of our trip. Friendly people, great gift shop, reasonable price and one of THE PRETTIEST caves I've seen

Its a good stop to break up the long drive to Grand Canyon. The caves are all pretty small. They dont give you hardhats and one guy knocked his head pretty good.

We stopped here last month and so well worth the stop ,its absolutely phenomenal. Caverns of Sonora is truly a must on the list !

Even the gift is amazing. It really is all crystal. EVERYWHERE. They sell crystals of all sizes too. The tours is about an hour and 45 minutes. Make sure you get there before 4:30 to go on a tour.

We arrived after the last tour left, make sure to get there before 3pm!

This is an awesome cave. Worth going to over some bigger ones, like Carlsbad.

Really wanted to make it here on our trip but for some reason the driving time was way off and ended up having to stop before we could reach this point. People in the area said it was really neat!

Gorgeous! Very worth a trip here. One of the best attractions we've seen in a month of wonderful sights and experiences.

Some of my tips are repeats from other people but in the interest of keeping things up to date, I'll add them anyway. Call ahead if you think you're going to get there toward the end of the day to make sure you can still go that day. Buy tickets online and save a couple bucks.

If possible, try to get on a tour without small children (unless you have small children) - it's hard to watch out for them when you're taking pictures and looking around. Also, the acoustics are such that their sweet, loud little voices make it hard to hear the guide.

If the guide isn't waiting for you to take your pictures, ask him/her to wait or turn the lights back on. It's hot and very humid in there. You can't take water, so drink up before you go down.

In some areas you'll need to watch your head. My son bonked his pretty hard. It bled and he now has a bump for a souvenir.

Jose was a great guide. Excellent family side trip.

Make sure to plan on an hour and 45 minutes for the tour. I had no idea I'd react this way, but as soon as the door to the cave opening was closed, I started having a panic attack. Thankfully, they let me out. My two kids did the tour while I waited and really enjoyed it. They even refunded my money!